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Watch: Is the Hindi majority claim a statistical illusion?

Chapter 4 of Part I of the Report of the High-Level Committee on Union-State Relations deals with perhaps Tamil Nadus most sensitive issue language. But this is not Tamil versus Hindi. This is about what the Constitution actually says, whether Hindi numbers are inflated, whether English needs protection and whether Indias language policy needs a reset. It also challenges three assumptions: that Hindi is spoken by most Indians; migration makes Hindi essential, and the Three-Language Formula is working.

26 Feb 2026 4:47 pm